Primary Name: Kohn, Sam
Filed as: kohn_sam
Also known as: Sam Kohn; Samuel Kohn
Occupation / Association: Charter member, Juneau Men’s Igloo; prospector
Born: December 1850, Louisiana
Died: March 13, 1918, Juneau, Alaska
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Associated places: Louisiana; Cassiar District, British Columbia; Juneau, Alaska
Keywords: Sam Kohn, Samuel Kohn, Kohn Sam, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member, Cassiar prospector, Alaska pioneers 1884
Biography
Sam Kohn was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo.
Kohn was born in December 1850 in Louisiana. He came north during the early mining period and was a pioneer of Alaska beginning in 1884.
He spent many years prospecting in the Cassiar District and was known as one of the old school of prospectors and pioneers whose latchstring was always on the outside.
Kohn lived in Juneau on and off for about twenty years. He died on March 13, 1918, at St. Ann’s Hospital in Juneau.
Sources
1910 U.S. Federal Population Census; Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 5, p. 164, Ed Ferrell, May 1, 2004
Tags: Sam Kohn, Samuel Kohn, Kohn Sam, Juneau Men’s Igloo, Cassiar prospector, Alaska pioneers